Connecting - Level 4 of the Stairway to Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database is Microsoft’s fully managed cloud relational database service in Microsoft Azure. With many companies moving to cloud based solutions Azure SQL Database is a leading option for the ... read more

Migrate SQL Server 2008 Database to Azure

Note: Before moving towards step 2, you have to create a server-level ... a single database to migrate to Azure SQL Database and then click on the Next button. 4. Fill all the required detail on the S... read more

SQL Server 2016 Preview Reveals Path to Azure and Big Data

The next version of the Microsoft flagship database promises to add dynamic extensions to Azure and real time ... Community Technical Preview 2.4 of SQL Server 2016 are a new Query Store, support for ... read more

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correct security configuration around firewalls and logins hence allowing you to connect to the database via SQL Server Management Studio. The final level of the stairway series means that we have suc... read more

Tips for deploying SQL Azure Federations

When you connect to a SQL Azure server with a federated database, the top-level Databases node gains a Federations subnode ... box in which you specify the federation member (see Figure 4). Figure 4. ... read more

Getting Started in a SQL Server 2017 VM in Azure

You should be checking out Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Data Warehouse and CosmosDb ... You have to pick your service level. If all you’re doing is mucking about with SQL Server and you’re not exp... read more

Real-Life Azure, Part 2: Branch Office Setup

For the AD database, make sure to select "None" for the host caching. At a high level, here are the steps JABB would use to configure a DC that's part of its on-premises forest: [Click on image for la... read more

Synchronize Directories with Azure AD Connect

Before you begin deploying the Azure AD Connect server, you must check some attributes within your local AD. For starters, you must verify your forest functional level ... and the database requirement... read more

SQL Server high availability best practices in the cloud

Here are some of the SQL Server high availability best practices that Bermingham recommended. Azure's service-level ... two or more database instances that are paired with one another, he added. Googl... read more

Connectedness is king, as Neo4j graph database ports to Spark

The graph approach gained momentum earlier this year, as Microsoft added graph database support to its Azure ... Catalyst SQL optimizer. Users will be able to traverse large data volumes on Spark as g... read more